2021 CANADIAN OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS
- June 19 – June 23, 2021
- Toronto, Ontario
- Toronto Pan Am Sport Centre
- Long Course Meters (50m)
- Olympic Qualifying Event
- Swimming Canada Olympic Selection Criteria
- Meet Package
- Psych Sheets
- Live results
Keir Ogilvie scratched the 200 fly on day four of the 2021 Canadian Olympic Trials after placing 3rd in the 100 fly on Saturday with a lifetime best time of 53.28. He was ranked 8th in the 200 fly which was his last event of the meet.
The other three event scratches came from 7th seed Sophie Angus, a 5th year at Northwestern, and 8th seed Katja Pavicevic, a UCSD rising junior, in the 200 breast. Both swimmers also scratched the 100 breast on Sunday and this was their last event of the meet.
Like Angus and Pavicevic, Kayla Wilson has scratched all her events so far, the women’s 100 free being the last one.
The women’s 200 breast will see top seeds Kelsey Wog and 2016 Olympian Sydney Pickrem. Both swimmers have already placed top two in an event at this meet, and Pickrem has been pre-selected to make the team in the 200 IM, 200 breast and 400 IM due to her 2019 World Championships finishes.
Wog won the 100 breast final on Sunday.
James Dergousoff and Eli Wall top the heat sheets in the men’s 200 breast, seeded half a second apart. They took 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, in the 100 breast on Sunday to 1st place finisher Gabe Mastromatteo. 19-year-old Mastromatteo is ranked 3rd in this event.
2000-born sprint stars and 2016 Olympic medalists Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksiak are the top two seeds in the women’s 100 free, followed by the women’s 50 free champion Kayla Sanchez. Oleksiak won gold in this event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, tying Team USA’s Simone Manuel for the win.
In the women’s 200 fly, Mabel Zavaros leads the field by a full second followed by Danielle Hanus and Mary-Sophie Harvey. Zavaros and Hanus took 4th and 5th place, respectively in the 100 fly on Saturday, an event won by Canadian National Record holder Maggie MacNeil.
MacNeil was not entered in this event, but she will race the 100 free today where she is ranked 4th.
Canadian National Record holder Mack Darragh and Montana Champagne lead the men’s version of the event. Darragh made the 200 IM final on Monday, ranked 6th, but chose to scratch it. This is Darragh’s last event of the meet.
To end Tuesday’s prelims session, we will see battles between 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Brent Hayden, Markus Thormeyer, and Yuri Kisil. At 18 years old, #4 seed Joshua Liendo is the youngest in the top 16 of this event, followed closely by #5 seed Finlay Knox.
Hayden and Liendo placed 1-2, respectively, in the 50 free final on Monday night.
All Event Scratches
Women’s 200 Breast
- #7 Sophie Angus
- #8 Katja Pavicevic
Men’s 200 Breast
none
Women’s 100 Free
- #11 Kayla Wilson
Women’s 200 Fly
none
Men’s 200 Fly
- #8 Keir Ogilvie
Men’s 100 Free
none
=== Preliminaries === 1 Penelope Oleksiak 00 TSC 53.41 54.00A r:+0.68 26.16 54.00 (27.84) 2 Kayla Sanchez 01 AAC 53.57 54.18A r:+0.70 26.17 54.18 (28.01) 3 Taylor Ruck 00 SCAR 53.03 54.73 r:+0.77 26.33 54.73 (28.40) 4 Katerine Savard 93 CAMO 55.69 54.82 r:+0.68 26.69 54.82 (28.13) 5 Rebecca Smith 00 SCAR 54.82 54.88 r:+0.76 26.22 54.88 (28.66) 5 Margaret MacNeil 00 LAC 54.06 54.88 r:+0.68 26.90 54.88 (27.98) 7 Sarah Fournier 96 CNQ 54.82 55.39 r:+0.72 26.57 55.39 (28.82) 8 Brooklyn Douthwright 03 CNBO 55.53 55.49 r:+0.66 26.78 55.49 (28.71) 9 Alyson Ackman 93 PCSC 55.16 56.02 r:+0.60 27.07 56.02 (28.95) 10 Elan Daley 05 MAC 56.22 56.25 r:+0.66 26.88 56.25 (29.37)Looks like Pickrem DNS the 200 Br. Already pre-qualified so maybe wants to save her body and get a solid 400IM time in.
Have Canada’s men’s sprint freestyle made the Tokyo cut? With Hayden and Thormeyer, they might be quite useful if Liendo and Knox can continue their trajectory.
That’s looking like one of the more competitive relays to make a final come Tokyo. Medals ought to be between USA, Russia, Australia, GB, Italy, Brazil and possibly Hungary. But France, Japan, Canada, Greece, Poland and the Swiss ought to be in a very competitive race for a final slot and could take down one of the more fancied teams if they don’t perform or underestimate the prelims.
Would be nice to see a competitive men’s relay coming out of Canada in any event.
I agree with you between Medallists with HUN being the least likely, and the last spot will probably be of the French unless JPN shows something good.
Based on individual times it should be USA vs. Russia for gold and Australia vs. GB and maybe Italy for bronze. If you add up the top 4 individual times this year, Hungary actually has been faster than Brazil. France is almost a second behind Brazil/Hungary. Hungary clearly has the least depth, they can’t afford to rest Milak, Nemeth or Szabo, i think they might be the most at risk of mssing the final of the projected top 8.
I think brazil can be faster cause trials were held outdoor on rainy/windy conditions. We will have a better look at Sette Colli.
Also due to Covid, the swimmers were out of Pool a lot of time.. (Thinks are still the worst globally here)
Anyone else having trouble accessing the CBC live stream?
Yeah it says “click on the player above” yet there is no player.
Can’t access it either. Incredibly frustrating
Unbelievable….
It’s working now, finally.
Me, too
Go in thru the ‘video’ link at the top of the site and the event is there.